The Nancy Callaway Long Walk of Hope is scheduled for Friday evening, November 4, on The Square in downtown Washington. The annual event is the primary fund raiser for Beta Sigma Phi, Eta Omicron Chapter and is dedicated to the memory of Mrs. More...

Funeral services for Frances Pullen Beard, 88, of Jackson, S.C., were held Tuesday, October 18, 2005, at the Beulah Baptist Church, Tignall, with Rev. Edward Newsome and Rev. Jamie Callaway officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. More...

Two Briarwood Academy students with Wilkes County connections will represent their class as members of the 31st Homecoming Court in ceremonies scheduled prior to and during halftime activities of the 7:30 p.m. More...

The Watson-Brown Foundation Junior Board of Trustees will present preservation funds to Stephanie Macchia at the Washington Historical Museum on Saturday, October 22, at 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend. More...

Students in the kindergarten through third grade fire and bus safety poster contest have been announced at the school. In the top photo, winners in the bus safety poster contest were (l-r) Hope Ward, third grade; D.J. More...

Sam Moore (right), chairman of the Wilkes County Board of Commissioners, visited the Optimist Club on Tuesday, October 11, and told members about the newly-formed Clarks Hill Partnership of Georgia, an agreement between Wilkes, Columbia, Lincoln, McD More...